Cultivating entrepreneuship in higher education during a crisis condition: crisis related issues discussed in entrepreneurship literature

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive state of the art regarding the crisis issues debated within entrepreneurship literature. It is crucial to understand the way that different types of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial activities and dynamics are affected by the crisis to produce insights to foster entrepreneurship in higher education during crisis conditions. The literature review covers the last twenty years, and the nature of research studies highlights the relevance as seen by the growing number of studies over the last years. A set of criteria were used to classify the selected paper and crisis related issues were discussed within the chosen criteria. The discussion produced insights to cultivate higher education entrepreneurship in times of crises and helped do envisage useful teaching and learning tools to shape an entrepreneurial culture by fostering students' skills in crisis environments. Findings can have direct implications for scholars on entrepreneurship education and contribute to enrich entrepreneurial higher education during adverse conditions.